Bellwood Estates, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Pike Road census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36116. The Survey maps it on the Barachias quadrangle.

Bellwood Estates within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Mount Meigs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1975 USGS Mount Meigs SW quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1987 USGS Barachias quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Bellwood Estates between 1995 and 2016, burning about 435 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Arson/incendiarism	3
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
4 August 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	OLD POND RD, AL
30 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 1995	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 2009	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	TROTTMAN RD., AL
24 August 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
1 August 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	45 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 July 1995	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
29 July 1995	Debris and open burning	150 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bellwood Estates: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Kyanite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Deep South Const. Co Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite	Producer	Quartz
Mitylene Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Kyanite	Producer	Quartz
Deep South Construction Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mcgee Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Southeast Construction Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bell Station	0.8 miles	13
Brighton Estates	1.2 miles	13
Barachias	1.4 miles	13
Woodland Hills	1.4 miles	13
Bell Meadows	1.5 miles	13
Regency Park	1.5 miles	13
Carriage Hills	1.5 miles	13
Georgetown	1.6 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147708. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.